Daniel Geneen

Have you ever told a host at a restaurant that the rest of your party was “right around the corner” or “one stop away” or “just parking the car”? Then you are one of the many types of diners general manager Erica Hall encounters while running the front of house at popular Brooklyn restaurant Win Son. Anxious-but-not-actually ready orderers, line hoppers, PDA couples, networkers, picky eaters, and groups that always want just one more chair — she sees these types and more night after night.

Rocco DiSpirito, a superstar chef of the late ‘90s who pretty much left the New York restaurant world at the height of his fame, is back on the line. He’s running the kitchen at the newly remodeled Standard Grill in New York, overseeing a mostly gluten and dairy-free menu with some “indulgences” like risotto and Baked Alaska sprinkled in the mix.

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